Who
produced the Nevada Uninsured Study?
Nevada's
Uninsured study is a cooperative venture between Great Basin Primary
Care Association and the State of Nevada Division of Healthcare
Finance and Policy. The actual study is produced by Decision
Analytics, Inc. who has been producing the study bi-annually since the
year 2000.
What is the
Methodology that is used to ensure accuracy?
Decision Analytics, Inc. has provided a document which
explains in detail the methodology used in this study.
Methodology Explanation
and Documentation for Nevada-Specific Estimates of the Uninsured The document must be viewed using Adobe Acrobat
Reader.
How is it
determined that a person is uninsured?
A person is
considered uninsured if he or she had NO health care coverage for the
entire year; if a person had coverage for any part of the year, the are
considered insured. This definition is consistent with the U.S.
Census Bureau's definition, which was mandated by Health and Human
Services.
What type of
health insurance is included in this consideration?
Types of
health insurance coverage include:
- Employment-provided health insurance
- Direct Purchase Plan
- Employer-provided plan
- Union-provided plan
- Government-provided health insurance
- Medicare
- Medicaid or SCHIP (Nevada Check Up)
- Military Health Care (Tricare, Champus, or ChampVA or VA)
- State-specific plan
- Indian Health Service
*Note that IF a person indicates they ONLY have Indian Health Service and no other service, they are considered uninsured.
For reference see: http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/poverty/povdef.html
How did you
determine the term "Poverty" and what is "Federal Poverty
Threshold?"
Poverty is
defined as the official federal poverty threshold, which is
determined solely by family size and income. For a complete
description of the basic poverty calculation we refer you to this web
site supported by the U.S. Census Bureau:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/poverty/06poverty.shtml. The poverty
levels reported here are indexed to the official federal poverty level.
A family is officially in poverty if their income is at or below 100
percent of the poverty level. A family at 199 percent of poverty
means that this family has 99 percent more income (almost twice as much)
as a family at the 100 percent poverty level.
